Understand the incorrect classifications of patients and healthy people using sensitivity, specificity and prevalence With increasing discussions on tests sensitivity, specificity and false positives and negatives, this page is providing the readers an opportunity to look at the correct and […]
Thalassemia and anemia in pregnancy in Anuradhapura
The GEEPMD research team has produced compelling evidence through Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo) that the control of anemia in pregnancy in Anuradhapura district requires a different approach. RaPCo, the largest community based pregnancy cohort done in Sri lanka assessed the […]
Research data analysis using SPSS
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka will conduct a workshop on “Research data analysis using SPSS” for all postgraduate students attached to FMAS. SPSS Statistics is a widely used software package […]
Mendeley Workshop for PG students
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka will conduct a Mendeley workshop for all postgraduate students attached to FMAS. Mendeley Reference Manager is a free web and desktop reference management application. It helps […]
DoCM,RUSL Researchers won best paper awards in SLMA 133rd Anniversary Medical Congress
The SLMA is the oldest professional medical association in Asia and Australasia, with a proud history that dates back to 1887. The 133rd Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association was held on 24th-26th July as a virtual […]
Weight-for-height among children: Sri Lanka is among the seven worst performing countries
Despite having well praised public health system, maternal and child health statistics, one of the best performing immunization programme and satisfactory hygienic practices, under 5 nutritional status in Sri Lanka is among the worst according to the world Bank Data. […]
නැවත හිස ඔසවන මී උණ ..
නැවත හිස ඔසවන මි උණ පසුගිය දින කිහිපය තුල මි උණ රෝගය ලංකාවේ පළාත් කිහිපයකම දරුණු ලෙස හිස ඔසවන බව පෙනේ. කොරෝනා වසංගතය හමුවේ ඇතිවූ තත්වය මත මි උණ රෝගය නිසා ඇතිවන බරපතල තත්ත්ව සහ මරණ ප්රමාණය වැඩි වීමේ ඉතාතදබල […]
Being Happy in Difficult Times..
Staying at home or away from loved ones and getting used to a completely new daily routine is not easy. Most of us will have some difficulties during this period. Even though you are safe from covid-19, you may feel […]
New evidence on breastfeeding and immunity against viral infections
A new study published in Nature further strengthen the evidence of the role of breast milk against viral infections during the neonatal period. Read the original article in Nature Human gut is devoid of viruses at birth. Viral colonization in […]
Social distancing; one meter (3 feels) may not be safe..!
With Sri Lankan changing the control strategies and allowing a certain degree of community movement and more controlled actions are compulsory. Despite more than 3000 scientific articles published on covid-19 from January to April 2020, all evidence still suggests that […]